Fulltone Clyde Wah Deluxe Review

Fulltone pedals may be some of the best effects pedals
around. But these are expensive so is the clyde wah worth the money? How
does the Clyde Wah sound? and why this wah wah pedal? Check this
review to find out.

Fulltone Clyde Wah Deluxe Version Review

I use wah wah pedals a lot. Actually that is an understatement. There
is no effect I use more than a wah pedal. As you can imagine I have
a few, and this one I bought while on vacation in sunny LA a few
years ago. I first saw Robin Trower using one of these a while back
and really liked the sound that Robin achieved from his, so I went
ahead and bought one.

The first thing about this pedal is
that it was not cheap - it was expensive in my view for a wah wah.
But I suppose like everything you usually get what you pay for - and
it has a number of extras on it that make it more worthwhile, such
as three settings from 'whacked out' wah through a sort of 'Shaft'
style and on to all out Hendrix. Nice. The pedal is controlled by
the usual battery, or you can plug in a wall wart (it is sold
separately). The unit has a light on to show when its engaged or
otherwise and best of all this product uses a hand-wound MuMetal
shielded Fulltone 500mH inductor which sounds to my ears like a good
early wah of the end of the 60's - and I should know, I was there!

Mine is in a cream off white and looks cool but I believe the
newer ones are in black. I like the cream one. The build quality of
this wah pedal is superb as is the resultant sounds. I don't like
the 'shaft' sound, but everything else makes this one of my most
used pedals of recent times.

Typical price (if I remember right
was $270.00 or £210.00 pounds as per review date so it's not a cheap
device, but it will last you a long time. If you like Robin Trower
wah (like Jimi Hendrix in many ways) then you will like this pedal
too.

I rate this as a 10 out of 10 and there is not much
that passes my hands with that rating.

Best features are:

Quality of build

Sound

Effective variable sounds

Best inductors inside

The price was a little off-putting, but overall the unit is
worth the money.

Remember there are other pedals around and much cheaper than this
one; but it really is made well. I also like the regular cry baby wah too; in fact that's also
one of my favourite wah pedals and costs less than a third of the price
of this clyde wah.
Here's a link to Fulltone's site:
www.fulltone.com

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